Macariae Excidium, Or, The Destruction of Cyprus: Being a Secret History of the War of the Revolution in Ireland |
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... letter addressed in 1842 to the writer of these lines , having made known the general nature of the Latin MS . , and obligingly forward- ing it to him for inspection , he , perceiving how much more matter it contained than the MS ...
... letter addressed in 1842 to the writer of these lines , having made known the general nature of the Latin MS . , and obligingly forward- ing it to him for inspection , he , perceiving how much more matter it contained than the MS ...
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... letter to the writer of these lines on the subject of the Latin copy thus discovered , in which communication he observed : " The Council have desired me to return you thanks for the interest you take in the welfare of the Society , and ...
... letter to the writer of these lines on the subject of the Latin copy thus discovered , in which communication he observed : " The Council have desired me to return you thanks for the interest you take in the welfare of the Society , and ...
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... letters and personal solicitations . .... ' Over us , ' says he , in a letter to Dr. Dignam , ' there is a storm gathering , which is likely to involve us all indiscriminately , in one common calamity ; God help us , when it bursts ...
... letters and personal solicitations . .... ' Over us , ' says he , in a letter to Dr. Dignam , ' there is a storm gathering , which is likely to involve us all indiscriminately , in one common calamity ; God help us , when it bursts ...
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... letter from Brigadier Sarsfield , which was forwarded by Colonel Lloyd to Marshal Schonberg , at Dundalk . Nevertheless , the campaign in Connaught was terminated , on the Jacobite side , by Brigadier Sarsfield's recovering Sligo , and ...
... letter from Brigadier Sarsfield , which was forwarded by Colonel Lloyd to Marshal Schonberg , at Dundalk . Nevertheless , the campaign in Connaught was terminated , on the Jacobite side , by Brigadier Sarsfield's recovering Sligo , and ...
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... letter till the ensuing November , when she died in her thirty - first year , of a consumption , connected with the melancholy effects , on her mind , of his bad and disgraceful course of life . The Captain's own decease taking place in ...
... letter till the ensuing November , when she died in her thirty - first year , of a consumption , connected with the melancholy effects , on her mind , of his bad and disgraceful course of life . The Captain's own decease taking place in ...
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Page 224 - They greatly oppressed the wretched people by making them work at these castles, and when the castles were finished they filled them with devils and evil men.
Page 488 - THE Roman Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles...
Page 228 - Two or three will drive a troop of captive Christians through the country from sea to sea. Very often they seize the wives and daughters of our thanes, and cruelly violate them before the great chieftain's face.
Page 224 - At length they spared neither church nor churchyard, but they took all that was valuable therein, and then burned the church, and all together. Neither did they spare the...
Page 488 - I, AB, do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary : So help me God.
Page 175 - ... and, if there was any stress to be laid on physiognomy, he was sure the person whom the picture represented was destined to a violent end. The bust was at last finished, and sent to England. As soon as the ship that brought it arrived in the river, the king, who was very impatient to see the bust, ordered it to be carried immediately to Chelsea. It was...
Page 224 - I cannot, and 1 may not tell of all the wounds and all the tortures that they inflicted upon the wretched men of this land ; and this state of things lasted the nineteen years that Stephen was king, and ever grew worse and worse.